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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 616.8582 EAN: 9780767915816 ISBN: 076791581X Label: Broadway Manufacturer: Broadway Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: February 08, 2005 Publisher: Broadway Release Date: February 08, 2005 Studio: Broadway Editorial Review: Product Description: Who is the devil you know? Is it your lying, cheating ex-husband? Your sadistic high school gym teacher? Your boss who loves to humiliate people in meetings? The colleague who stole your idea and passed it off as her own? In the pages of The Sociopath Next Door, you will realize that your ex was not just misunderstood. He’s a sociopath. And your boss, teacher, and colleague? They may be sociopaths too. We are accustomed to think of sociopaths as violent criminals, but in The Sociopath Next Door, Harvard psychologist Martha Stout reveals that a shocking 4 percent of ordinary people—one in twenty-five—has an often undetected mental disorder, the chief symptom of which is that that person possesses no conscience. He or she has no ability whatsoever to feel shame, guilt, or remorse. One in twenty-five everyday Americans, therefore, is secretly a sociopath. They could be your colleague, your neighbor, even family. And they can do literally anything at all and feel absolutely no guilt. How do we recognize the remorseless? One of their chief characteristics is a kind of glow or charisma that makes sociopaths more charming or interesting than the other people around them. They’re more spontaneous, more intense, more complex, or even sexier than everyone else, making them tricky to identify and leaving us easily seduced. Fundamentally, sociopaths are different because they cannot love. Sociopaths learn early on to show sham emotion, but underneath they are indifferent to others’ suffering. They live to dominate and thrill to win. The fact is, we all almost certainly know at least one or more sociopaths already. Part of the urgency in reading The Sociopath Next Door is the moment when we suddenly recognize that someone we know—someone we worked for, or were involved with, or voted for—is a sociopath. But what do we do with that knowledge? To arm us against the sociopath, Dr. Stout teaches us to question authority, suspect flattery, and beware the pity play. Above all, she writes, when a sociopath is beckoning, do not join the game. It is the ruthless versus the rest of us, and The Sociopath Next Door will show you how to recognize and defeat the devil you know. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Sociopath Next DoorWhile I enjoyed this book and found it very informative concerning sociopaths, I was also insulted by the author's refusal to keep her personal politics out of it. I don't mind anyone expressing their politics as long as they do it in an upfront manner. What I don't like is the attempt to sneak opinions in as if we're all too stupid to notice or, even worse, that we may actually be interested. In order to reflect it's true content this book really should be titled "The Sociopath Next Door, Otherwise ... Read More Rating:  - ...how about the sociopath in the next office?Having just been fired by a sociopath and her manager - also a sociopath - this book hit me squarely between the eyes. Ouch! I skimmed this book quickly. The first part of the book on conscience was rather lengthy, in my opinion, although I'm sure some will find it very enlightening. The conscience discussion at the end of the book was more practical...for me. One of the best parts of the book - for me - is the Thirteen Rules for Dealing with Sociopaths in Everyday Life. ... Read More Rating: - Good info, interestingOverall, the book provided some very interesting (& helpful) info regarding sociopathy. I thought the writing was a bit convoluted and unncessarily obscure at times, and there were some sections that were too "psychological" for the lay person. Other than that, it certainly provided additional education on this very dangerous, and often insidious, disorder. Rating: - Essential ReadingIn the world of today, especially in the so-called "first world" societies, conscience ranks as one of the most important, yet undervalued qualities of humanity. The idea that all people possess some natural quality of inner morality that restrains their behaviour towards others is taken as a de facto understanding by most. This naturalistic world view suffices for most relationships but can cause serious problems when dealing with those whose personalities formed with either inherited or acquired pathology. ... Read More Rating: - i see the lightgreat book-married one i got out alive but not unscathed. I would advise many people to read however I worry that those that are will read and continue to use our goodness against us .Remember to believe a person's actions not their words if they are inconsistent more than 3 times get out-read this book |
